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Timothy E. McAlindon

Timothy E. McAlindon

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
89
Citations
47255
World Ranking
12432
National Ranking
6364

Timothy E. McAlindon publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Timothy E. McAlindon sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 472 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Timothy E. McAlindon D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Timothy E. McAlindon sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 89 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Timothy E. McAlindon is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States and has concentrated research efforts primarily within the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Rheumatology. Their scholarly output includes 170 publications in Medicine, of which 73 address Rheumatology, followed by contributions to Surgery, Pharmacology, Biomedical Engineering, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Their research topics encompass a range of subjects related to osteoarthritis and musculoskeletal conditions. Key areas of study include:

  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects

McAlindon has published frequently in notable venues such as:

  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • The Journal of Rheumatology
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
  • Clinical Rheumatology

Their recent publications include:

  • Non-surgical management of knee osteoarthritis: comparison of ESCEO and OARSI 2019 guidelines, 2020, Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • Pharmaceutical treatment of osteoarthritis, 2022, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Knee osteoarthritis: key treatments and implications for physical therapy, 2020, Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
  • Risk factors and the natural history of accelerated knee osteoarthritis: a narrative review, 2020, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Lorecivivint, a Novel Intraarticular CDC-like Kinase 2 and Dual-Specificity Tyrosine Phosphorylation-Regulated Kinase 1A Inhibitor and Wnt Pathway Modulator for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Phase II Randomized Trial, 2020, Arthritis & Rheumatology

The scientist collaborates extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Jeffrey B. Driban
  • Charles B. Eaton
  • Grace H. Lo
  • Matthew S. Harkey
  • Bing Lü

Best Publications

  • OARSI guidelines for the non-surgical management of knee osteoarthritis

    Timothy McAlindon;Raveendhara Bannuru;Matthew Sullivan;Nigel Arden

  • Osteoarthritis: New Insights Part 1: The Disease and Its Risk Factors

    D. T. Felson;R. C. Lawrence;P. A. Dieppe;R. Hirsch

  • 2015 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Jasvinder A. Singh;Kenneth G. Saag;S. Louis Bridges;Elie A. Akl

  • OARSI guidelines for the non-surgical management of knee, hip, and polyarticular osteoarthritis

    Raveendhara Bannuru;M. C. Osani;E. E. Vaysbrot;Nigel Arden;Nigel Arden

  • Osteoarthritis: New Insights

    David T. Felson;Timothy McAlindon

  • Glucosamine and Chondroitin for Treatment of Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Quality Assessment and Meta-analysis

    Timothy E. McAlindon;Michael P. LaValley;Juan P. Gulin;David T. Felson

  • 2015 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: ACR RA Treatment Recommendations

    Jasvinder A. Singh;Kenneth G. Saag;S. Louis Bridges;Elie A. Akl

  • Risk factors for the incidence and progression of radiographic knee osteoarthritis.

    Cyrus Cooper;Shelagh Snow;Timothy E. McAlindon;Samantha Kellingray

  • Determinants of disability in osteoarthritis of the knee.

    T. E. M. Mcalindon;C. Cooper;J. R. Kirwan;P. A. Dieppe

  • Effect of Intra-articular Triamcinolone vs Saline on Knee Cartilage Volume and Pain in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Timothy E. McAlindon;Michael P. LaValley;William F. Harvey;Lori Lyn Price

  • Radiographic patterns of osteoarthritis of the knee joint in the community: the importance of the patellofemoral joint.

    T E McAlindon;S Snow;C Cooper;P A Dieppe

  • Comparative Effectiveness of Pharmacologic Interventions for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis

    Raveendhara R. Bannuru;Christopher H. Schmid;David M. Kent;Elizaveta E. Vaysbrot

  • Osteoarthritis: new insights. Part 2: treatment approaches.

    David T. Felson;Reva C. Lawrence;Marc C. Hochberg;Timothy McAlindon

  • 2017 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Prevention and Treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis

    Lenore Buckley;Gordon Guyatt;Howard A. Fink;Michael Cannon

  • Intra-articular Hyaluronic Acid in Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Meta-analysis

    Grace H. Lo;Michael LaValley;Timothy McAlindon;David T. Felson

  • A Randomized Trial of Tai Chi for Fibromyalgia

    Chenchen Wang;Christopher H. Schmid;Ramel Rones;Robert Kalish

  • Relation of Dietary Intake and Serum Levels of Vitamin D to Progression of Osteoarthritis of the Knee among Participants in the Framingham Study

    Timothy E. McAlindon;David T. Felson;Yuqing Zhang;Marian T. Hannan

  • Therapeutic trajectory of hyaluronic acid versus corticosteroids in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Raveendhara R. Bannuru;Nikola S. Natov;Isi E. Obadan;Lori L. Price

  • Association of Periodontal Disease and Tooth Loss with Rheumatoid Arthritis in the US Population

    Paola de Pablo;Thomas Dietrich;Timothy E McAlindon

  • Therapeutic trajectory following intra-articular hyaluronic acid injection in knee osteoarthritis – meta-analysis

    R.R. Bannuru;N.S. Natov;U.R. Dasi;C.H. Schmid

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles B. Eaton
Charles B. Eaton Brown University
Kate L. Lapane
Kate L. Lapane University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Marc C. Hochberg
Marc C. Hochberg University of Maryland, Baltimore
David T. Felson
David T. Felson Boston University
Michael C. Nevitt
Michael C. Nevitt University of California, San Francisco
David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
Christopher H. Schmid
Christopher H. Schmid Brown University
Nigel K. Arden
Nigel K. Arden University of Oxford
Cyrus Cooper
Cyrus Cooper University of Southampton
Paul Dieppe
Paul Dieppe University of Exeter

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